The dyslexia that insists in this pre-caffeine subset of time not only have I observed its effect on the eyes, but those of the ears as well; the radical focus of which applies itself in tandem to the subject at hand (my own dear fault) being relentless to the point of cruelty eradicates from memory those examples that would have supported the statement just before the semicolon. Early morning bus travel, yeah, and those ...

tags: lighthouse beacons, traps and snares, steeple hat, seattle times, full tilt, morning bus, statures, constant flux, nuclear winter, mr clean, field of vision, bus travel, 8 january, roaches, bombard, crackle, dyslexia, inaction, blockade, microwaves

KC is back, and not a moment too soon.According to the Seattle Times, The Magic Carpet Ride will return to the airwaves on KIRO (or whatever the hell they're calling it now-a-days) for a daily sports show starting on April 1st. Let's pray this isn't some sort of cruel April Fool's prank.

tags: magic carpet ride, kevin calabro, seattle times, april fool, kiro, daily sports, april 1st, hell

Seattlest just received this email from Blind Pilot's publicist: "I just got word from the band... due to flooding on I-5, there is no way for Blind Pilot to get to Seattle, so the show is canceled." So, yeah, we told you to get out tonight and go see these guys play at the Triple Door, but we're taking it back. Stay inside and shield yourself from the effects of rainmageddon. We find that pizza, ...

tags: blind pilot, 80s movies, end of days, publicist, vodka, email, pizza, seattle

I'm home sick from work, but I've determined that I can't exactly spend the whole day sleeping. While I'm mending up, I thought I'd catch up on the news. My recent Christmas trip home to Oregon was highlighted by lots and lots of snow. The roads were difficult most of the time, but that meant we spent a lot of time together as a family. I think it's the most time I've spent ...

tags: oregon zoo, christmas trip, orangutang, nthe, firefly, videotapes, beagle, peacock, tulips, reflection, boxes, mom, christmas, photos, photo

At the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, the 8700 pound Asian elephant Tarra became inseparable from Bella.

tags: hohenwald tennessee, elephant sanctuary, asian elephant, tarra, elephant, best friends

Sylvester has a nice home with Elmer Fudd but a kitten is trying to frame Sylvester for acts that he didn't do to get Sylvester kicked out of the house.

tags: elmer fudd, sylvester, kitten, acts

Drop 10 friends from your Facebook account, get a free BK Whopper. AdWeek story: "The fast-food chain has released the Whopper Sacrifice application on Facebook. The app rewards people with a coupon for BK's signature burger when they cull 10 friends. Each time a friend is excommunicated, the application sends a notification to the banished party via Facebook's news feed explaining that the user's love for the unlucky soul is less than his or her ...

tags: unlucky soul, 10 friends, adweek, whopper, food chain, zeal, bk, news feed, fast food, sacrifice, rewards, signature, love

Poker players. TV personalities. Recording artists. Athletes. What do they all have in common? They all want to learn from Donald Trump. Or, they at least want to give that appearance while they collect a paycheck from NBC. Reality TV has now become much more a medium for quasi- and has-been celebs, rather than an unscripted jaunt where ordinary folks get their chance to shine. But what the hell? Donald Trump is always ...

tags: jesse james monster garage, joan and melissa rivers, comedian andrew dice, andrew dice clay, mother daughter team, rodman comedian, queen natalie, t boz, brande roderick, melissa rivers, tionne watkins, annie duke, herschel walker, claudia jordan, dennis rodman, e online, celebrity apprentice, monster garage, kardashian, nfl star

According to reports, Tori Spelling is finishing up talks to appear in a few episodes of 90210. Some say Spelling’s initial reluctance to re-join the cast (Spelling reportedly backed out after agreeing to appear) stems from a dislike for Shannen Doherty. But since the Brenda Walsh storyline is running dry and Shannen’s commitment to the show is coming to a close, Spelling may finally agree to assume the role of Donna Martin…again. Reps ...

tags: initial reluctance, brenda walsh, tori spelling, donna martin, shannen doherty, 90210, dislike, stems, gap

Good move, Mr. President-elect:President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to postpone the Feb. 17 switch from analog to digital television broadcasting, arguing that too many Americans who rely on analog TV sets to pick up over-the-air channels won't be ready.In a letter to key lawmakers Thursday, Obama transition team co-chair John Podesta noted that the Commerce Department has run out of money for coupons to subsidize digital TV converter boxes for consumers. People who don't ...

tags: john podesta, converter boxes, analog tv, analog to digital, president elect, transition team, satellite service, air channels, tv converter, digital tuner, barack obama, team co, switchover, television broadcasting, digital television, consumer groups, commerce department, new tv, mr president, digital tv

So Johan Petro is no longer a Thundercat. If you didn’t already know, the Guadalupanian is now a member of the Nuggets, dealt yesterday in exchange for Chucky Atkins (draft picks, cash considerations, t-shirts, and an English muffin were also exchanged).Two thoughts crossed my mind on hearing the news of Petro’s trade:Thought #1) Johan Petro’s teams, in his long and storied career as the French version of Caldwell Jones, have posted a won-loss record of ...

tags: johan petro, chucky atkins, mock turtlenecks, nick collison, foot jumper, karl johan, moses malone, english muffin, third baseman, nba history, northwest division, player coach, storied career, george karl, playmakers, two thoughts, thundercat, national television, french version, batting average

Danville, CA January 5, 2009 Tony LaRussa’s Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) saves the lives of dogs and cats that have run out of time at public shelters. Created in Contra Costa County in 1991, ARF not only aids abandoned and homeless animals, but it also promotes the concept that strengthening the bonds between humans and animals can greatly enhance people's lives. ARF strives to create a world where every loving dog and cat has a ...

tags: animal rescue foundation, animal rescue foundation arf, tony larussa, dogs and cats, public shelters, homeless animals, danville ca, contra costa county, bonds, aids

No doubt you have a damn good reason for closing down such a large chunk of Rainier Ave South, but when you detour traffic from such a major arterial, you might want to think about placing the detour signs along the entire route, instead of just leading us into the hills above Renton, and leaving us to figure out the rest by ourselves. (The u-turn on Water ST followed by the sharp right on Holyoke ...

tags: detour traffic, detour signs, water st, u turn, no doubt, chunk, good reason

Could this be the Oprah effect? Or was it simply a result of New Year’s Resolutions? Whatever the reason, NBC’s The Biggest Loser had a sizable debut. The show helped the Peacock network win in the demos while CBS’ normally strong Wednesday lineup had a victory with the viewers. 8pm NCIS (19.1 million, 3.7/10 in 18-49) had its second largest audience ever. The Biggest Loser (11.8 million, 4.5/11) had its biggest debut to date. The premiere ...

tags: biggest loser, oprah, new year

FELLINI FINITO: Tonight's the last night of SIFF's presentation of Federico Fellini's Amarcord. Truth be told, this particular Seattlester has never really liked Fellini's films, but we were blown away by his cinematic homage to the small town Italy of his youth. The film marked Fellini's transition from par-for-the-course post-war neo-realist to the surrealist auteur that changed film forever, and Amarcord remains his masterpiece. 7:30 p.m. // 321 Mercer St. // $10 MUSICAL: Off-Broadway musical ...

tags: lyricist david, music in the 50s, federico fellini, mercer st, industrial spaces, nexit, broadway musical, hartt, amarcord, pacific northwest, active life, american century, outposts, 5th ave, n6, local artists, n7, black music, emp, embodiment

To say that 14/48--the theater festival created entirely in the space of a weekend--is to the stage what blogging is to the written word would be more than a little insulting to 14/48, but the comparison does hold some water: in each ideas go, in the blink of an eye, from conception to the screen/stage where they fail or touch hearts without the benefit of a final (or second) draft. Local playwright Paul ...

tags: paul mullin, fire trial, blink of an eye, audience members, new plays, epochs, playwrights, pretensions, n14, original works, crucible, live performance, kno, playwright, floods, good stuff, all sorts, actors, musicians, designers

Every time we throw out a bank or credit card statement, we carefully destroy the part that has our account number and toss it into at least two different trash bags. Would that we had the Handheld Paper Shredder. Running on 4 AA batteries (included,) it has 28 steel cutting plates and can handle up to 5 pages at a time. At a size of 5 x 5 x 25.5cm, you can carry it with ...

tags: atm receipts, paper shredder, aa batteries, trash bags, identity theft, credit card statement

Entrepreneur Couple Hosts Live Internet Shopping Show January 8, 2009 - Indie Business Media, LLC today announced the launch of Indie Shopping TV, an interactive online “chat and shop” service. Indie Shopping provides shoppers with an exciting new way to chat with their friends as they browse and buy unique products, many of them handmade by the nation’s smallest business owners.“Indie Shopping provides greater access to the artisan and handmade products people love,” said Donna ...

tags: shopping show, donna maria, shopping tv, initial trials, favorable results, handmade products, business media, unique products, shopping service, artisan, launch, co founder, coles, business owners, internet shopping, entrepreneur, shoppers, ceo, convenience, hosts

"My Umbrella" by AaronBrethorst. West Seattle Blog was at the Seattle Public Schools board meeting last night to hear the discussion on final recommendations for school closures. She posts running updates from the conversation and links to the Save Seattle Schools blog, which was also posting to-the-minute commentary.Burien's B-Town Blog has also been busy going to city meetings. Gina Bourdage has detailed notes from a recent City of Burien open house ...

tags: north highline, label mates, minute commentary, seattle schools, seattle public schools, neighborhood news, city meetings, nwest, school closures, gay bars, common market, annexation, capitol hill, riff, board meeting, open house, umbrella, coffee

This is video from yesterday at the Falls. Snoqualmie Pass is closed all day as crews try to dig out and repair after avalanches and slides. WSDOT closed I-5 down by Chehalis, from milepost 68 to milepost 88, yesterday evening. The word today is that they won't have a firm ETA on reopening until after the river crests there tonight. Cliff Mass has the rainfall recap for you, broken out in radar images and chart ...

tags: river crests, cliff mass, radar images, milepost, snoqualmie, yesterday evening, avalanches, chehalis, rainfall, eta, flood, slides

Interesting place to see Girl Talk reviewed: Technology Review. It opens at a Girl Talk show in Philly, but winds its way to other mashup artists, such as DJ Earworm and Lenlow. The second page has a create-your-own-mashup app.

tags: dj earworm, girl talk, interesting place, lenlow, talk show

There is a new Cribbage Partner update at the App Store. The main feature is larger cards that are more readable and make it less likely to pick a card by mistake. I’ve got a feature list in mind including card animation but I’d like input as well. If you have feature ideas that you’d like moved up the list write to features at casdra dot com.

tags: cribbage, mistake, cards

"Reflections on Old Justice" by Jonathan Hanlon. Carlos Bernadez has been charged with murder in the first degree for his direct involvement with the Chop Suey shooting last weekend. Bernadez was the man police allege opened fire from the side door of the venue, killing one and injuring two others. Roger Allen LaBranche, the first man to be arrested in conjunction with the night's events, has been charged with assault and ...

tags: king county jail, murder in the first degree, drug possession, man police, good thinking, accomplice, first man, hanlon, shooters, reflections, saturday night, conjunction, jonathan, violence, labranche

Twitter's been a game changer in lawyer networking, branding, and client development. But that doesn't mean lawyers using Twitter can forgo a blog. You still need a blog. Here's seven reasons: Twitter, despite a meteoric rise in popularity (mirroring blog growth of 4 or 5 years ago) is not used by enough people. As a lawyer you need to reach your target audience, no matter how small your niche may be. Your target audience of clients, prospective ...

tags: target audience, google search, environmental lawyer, internet writings, wall street journal, ndon, archived content, google, leading publications, dinner conversation, influencers, meteoric rise, prospective clients, new york times, twitter, attendees, paragraphs, virtue, niche, wall street

Flooding shuts down I-5 in Lewis County. The communist choo-choo is no good either. Can’t we all just get along? Why do people insist on living in New Orleans Lewis County anyhow? They should just move, abandon their property and history and scatter their families to the wind, that’s what they should do, ’cause I heard it on the talk radio station. I don’t wanna pay to help my fellow citizens, because I’m a heartless bastard. Now back ...

tags: choo choo, communist, lewis county

There's a trail plan underway that would enable bicyclists to visit dozens of Colonial and Civil War-era historic sites from a single off-road trail. Bicycling advocates and history buffs are working to link 11 bicycle trails in the mid-Atlantic states to create a 185-mile circular historical bike route. Called the Grand History Trail, the project would fill in the gaps between trails in Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. Along the way, it would connect the historic cities of ...

tags: grand history, history trail, atlantic states, bicyclists, mid atlantic, landmarks, civil war, dozens, trail plan

bo dean strips down for his solo turn on jakecruise. nice bulge bo! what's underneath? see bo in all his masturbatory glory on jakecruise now.

tags: bo dean, jakecruise, construction worker, bulge, dean

Atheists Send a Message, on 800 British Buses - NYTimes.com. The ad says “There’s Probably No God”.

tags: british buses, atheists

"BFFs" by flckrd1 Like many couples, they've probably just been couped up together too long during the these stormy days. Need some cheering up? Pay our Flickr Pool a visit why don'tcha?

tags: stormy days, bffs, tcha, couples, pool

This site contains an amazing display of patience, timing and artistry. lightmark.de via

tags: nvia, artistry, patience

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Is It The Sea? (Album Review)Will Oldham - aka Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, aka Palace Brothers or Palace Music or plain old Bonny Billy - is a man that seemingly never stops working. Since 1993, his name (in one form or another) has graced fourteen studio albums, over fifteen EPs and now, with the release of Is It The Sea?, three live albums.In that time he's worked with everyone from experimental post-rock ...

tags: alex neilson, bonny billy, bonnie prince billy, harem scarem, snails pace, baby dee, murder ballad, tour of scotland, sea album, artist credit, palace music, jazz fan, will oldham, croaks, hoedown, free jazz, interludes, new partner, commercial success, kanye west

Michael Jackson to leave his share of Beatles catalog to Paul McCartney in his will MICHAEL JACKSON will bid to end his long feud with music legend SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY by leaving him the BEATLES back catalogue in his will, according to reports. The former pals fell out in 1985 when Jackson beat MCCartney and John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, in the race to snap up the rights to 200 of the Fab Four's hits. ...

tags: british newspaper the daily mirror, widow yoko ono, sir paul mccartney, alpha 1 antitrypsin, music giants, ian halperin, sonyatv, fab four, yoko ono, genetic illness, legitimate media, alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, lung condition, unauthorised biography, hitmaker, music legend, left eye, entertainment company, publicist, television network

digg_url = 'http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/01/08/demo-skate-2.aspx';digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff';digg_skin = 'compact';digg_window = 'new';Content: Skate 2 DemoPrice: FreeAvailability: All Xbox LIVE regionsDash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) ALCOHOL REFERENCE,LANGUAGE,MILD VIOLENCE,SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Download the demo and hone your skills before Skate 2 hits stores as you rip around Slappy's, move objects to create spots, and take on new set of challenges. Also compete against up to 4 of your friends in an all out break your bones Hall of Meat challenge. Skate ...

tags: mild violence, teen alcohol, digg, majornelson, suggestive themes, xbox live, bgcolor, xbox, demo

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last few days, you probably know that warmer air hasn't brought any relief from winter storms to Washington State. Instead of record snow, we're being soaked with unending downpours - and rivers everywhere are flooding their banks. Rising water and mudslides have shut down Amtrak Cascades service between Portland and Seattle. A twenty mile stretch of Interstate 5 in Centralia and Chehalis is closed (Milepost 68 ...

tags: winter storms, record snow, columbia gorge, orting, wsdot, interstate 5, rising water, whatcom county, snoqualmie, mudslides, kayakers, county water, evergreen state, pierce county, flickr, mile stretch, seven miles, chehalis, centralia, amtrak

Hey, it's another podcast! We're back on the ball with these things. In this one, we respond to a letter asking about dominant women and fucking. I will note that as usual, Monk and I made a lot of bad jokes about the letter when we were recording. We've since actually met the woman who wrote us, and she's very nice, so I feel slightly bad about about kidding her so much, even in absentia.However, ...

tags: lawn gnomes, bad jokes, hand signals, soundproof room, subbie, dominant women, wisecracks, red bull, headsets, podcast, monk, microphones, handful, monster, email, passion

During the kickoff Microsoft keynote that marks the start CES, Steve Ballmer announced that Windows 7 beta is available starting today for TechNet and MSDN subscribers. Nothing too exciting there for the average Joe, we know, which is why we were excited when he also mentioned that the beta would also be publicly available beginning this Friday, January 9th. You’ll be able to grab either the 32-bit version, or the 64-bit version of the Windows ...

tags: msdn subscribers, steve ballmer, average joe, kickoff, technet, keynote, beta, ces, microsoft

Thank God for a few sane Israeli and Palestinian voices in the wilderness that is the Gaza war: Some 1,800 Israelis and Palestinians, including 500 Sderot residents, sign petition calling for end to IDF operation in Gaza, renewal of dialogue between Israel, Hamas. …Some 500 Sderot residents have recently signed a petition calling to stop the IDF operation in the Strip and renew the truce with Hamas. Arik Yalin, 43, from Sderot told Ynet that over ...

tags: israelis and palestinians, voices in the wilderness, sderot residents, sign petition, ceasefire, hamas, gaza, negotiations, dialogue, idf, israel, god

Could this be the Oprah effect? Or was it simply a result of New Year’s Resolutions? Whatever the reason, NBC’s The Biggest Loser had a sizable debut. The show helped the Peacock network win in the demos while CBS’ normally strong Wednesday lineup had a victory with the viewers. 8pm NCIS (19.1 million, 3.7/10 in 18-49) had its second largest audience ever. The Biggest Loser (11.8 million, 4.5/11) had its biggest debut to date. The premiere ...

tags: biggest loser, oprah, new year

Tom Friedman wins the award for worst single paragraph written about the Gaza war by someone who ought to know better: The fighting, death and destruction in Gaza is painful to watch. But it’s all too familiar. It’s the latest version of the longest-running play in the modern Middle East, which, if I were to give it a title, would be called: “Who owns this hotel? Can the Jews have a room? And shouldn’t we blow ...

tags: tom friedman, annoying habit, journalism award, running play, nthe, reductionist, death and destruction, gaza, mosque, jews, paragraph, middle east

Seattle Gay News is pleased to reveal its choices for the Best of Film 2008. Film writers Sara Michelle Fetters and Scott Rice published individual lists in back to back issues, December 26 and January 2. Below are their top ten selections. Visit www.sgn.org to read blurbs on each of these films and to find out Sara's and Scott's picks for the year's worst.Sara Michelle Fetter's Top 101 Wall-E2 The Edge of ...

tags: seattle gay news, sara michelle, scott rice, film writers, mamma mia, best films, fetters, fetter, december 26, 4 months, millionaire, back issues, wendy, choices